Enrique Collazo (general)

Enrique Collazo (May 28, 1848 - March 13, 1925) was a Cuban-born writer, former army general, and distinguished veteran of the Ten Years' War and War of Independence.

Early history
Enrique Collazo y Tejada was born in Santiago de Cuba on May 28, 1848. His brother was Tomás Collazo Tejada.

During his early years, Collazo lived in Spain and attended the Academia de Artilleria of Segovia, a Spanish military academy from which he graduated in 1866.

Ten Years' War
He left Spain in 1869 to join the Cuban uprising which became the first war of independence, the Ten Years' War. Collazo was a troop commander in the Cuban Liberation Army. He became Máximo Gómez's adjutant and reached the rank of colonel.

The Necessary War
Enrique Collazo was a member of the third Revolutionary Cuban Junta. Collazo, along with José Martí and General Máximo Gómez, signed the orders to commence the revolution. General Collazo led insurgent forces in the 1895 War of Independence.

In 1898, he was appointed a brigadier general of the Mayarí brigade in the Cuban Liberation Army.

Spanish–American War
Collazo was a member of the staff of the late General Calixto García and his trusted aide. Preceding the outbreak of the Spanish–American War, he escorted U.S. Army lieutenant Andrew S. Rowan on his mission to Cuba to deliver a message to General García. Collazo also accompanied him on his return to the U.S.

Politics
Collazo was elected in 1909 to represent the Havana district in the Cuban House of Representatives, where he served until 1911.

Death
Enrique Collazo y Tejada died in Havana, Cuba on March 13, 1925.